A peace to end all peace : the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern Middle East
Fromkin, David2009
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The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions, whose conflicts are largely rooted in the region's political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, this book reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map the remade the geography and politics of the Middle East.--From back cover.
Main title:
Author:
Fromkin, David, author
Work:
Edition:
2nd Holt paperback edition.
Imprint:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
Collation:
xi, 643 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"Featuring a new afterword by the author" -- Cover.Includes bibliographical references (p. 615-628) and index.
Contents:
The last days of old EuropeThe legacy of the great game in AsiaThe Middle East before the warThe young Turks urgently seek an allyWinston Churchill on the eve of warChurchill seizes Turkey's warshipsAn intrigue at the sublime porteKitchener takes commandKitchener's lieutenantsKitchener sets out to capture IslamIndia protestsThe man in the middleThe Turkish commanders almost lose the warKitchener allows Britain to attack TurkeyOn to victory at the DardanellesRussia's grab for TurkeyDefining Britain's goals in the Middle EastAt the narrows of fortuneThe warriorsThe politiciansThe light that failedCreating the Arab bureauMaking promises to the ArabsMaking promises to the European alliesTurkey's triumph at the TigrisBehind enemy linesKitchener's last missionHussein's revoltThe fall of the allied governments: Britain and FranceThe overthrow of the CzarThe new worldLloyd George's ZionismToward the Balfour declarationThe promised landJerusalem for ChristmasThe road to DamascusThe battle for SyriaThe parting of the waysBy the shores of TroyThe ticking clockBetrayalThe unreal world of the peace conferencesThe troubles begin: 1919-1921Egypt: the winter of 1918-1919Afghanistan: the spring of 1919Arabia: the spring of 1919Turkey: January 1920Syria and Lebanon: the spring and summer of 1920Eastern Palestine (Transjordan): 1920Palestine-Arabs and Jews: 1920Mesopotamia (Iraq): 1920Persia (Iran): 1920Unmasking Britain's enemiesThe Soviet challenge in the Middle EastMoscow's goalsA death in BukharaWinston Churchill takes chargeChurchill and the question of PalestineThe alliances come apartA Greek tragedyThe settlement of the Middle East question.
ISBN:
9780805088090 (pbk alk paper)0805088091 (pbk alk paper)
Dewey class:
327.41056956
LC class:
DS63.2.G7
Language:
English
Subject:
1914-1945Diplomatic relationsPolitics and governmentMiddle East -- History -- 20th centuryGreat BritainMiddle EastMiddle East -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle EastMiddle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle EastMiddle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
Index terms:
historyPolitical History of Central Europe
BRN:
2290773